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Childcare subsidies
'A working mother earns a wage; a full-time student mother earns nothing. Which mother has a heavier burden?' MR NGUYEN QUANG VU: 'My wife and I are first-generation Singapore citizens. When we arrived, I worked as a professional and my wife, as a sales assistant earning $5 an hour. After years of saving, we could finally afford to have my wife enrol full-time in Singapore Polytechnic. We have two children, aged 30 months and one month. As we understand it, the recently announced Marriage and Parenthood Package provides more broad-based support for couples to raise and care for their children. However, when I wanted to enrol my elder son in a childcare centre, I was told we were not entitled to the childcare subsidy of $300 as my wife is not a working mother. A working mother earns a wage; a full-time student mother earns nothing. Which mother has a heavier burden? If you scan the schedule of a full-time student, you may be surprised that it is a full-day's workload. My wife and I appeal to the Government to consider allowing full-time student mothers the same subsidies, so a young family like ours can benefit from the new policy.'
Childcare subsidies
'A working mother earns a wage; a full-time student mother earns nothing. Which mother has a heavier burden?' MR NGUYEN QUANG VU: 'My wife and I are first-generation Singapore citizens. When we arrived, I worked as a professional and my wife, as a sales assistant earning $5 an hour. After years of saving, we could finally afford to have my wife enrol full-time in Singapore Polytechnic. We have two children, aged 30 months and one month. As we understand it, the recently announced Marriage and Parenthood Package provides more broad-based support for couples to raise and care for their children. However, when I wanted to enrol my elder son in a childcare centre, I was told we were not entitled to the childcare subsidy of $300 as my wife is not a working mother. A working mother earns a wage; a full-time student mother earns nothing. Which mother has a heavier burden? If you scan the schedule of a full-time student, you may be surprised that it is a full-day's workload. My wife and I appeal to the Government to consider allowing full-time student mothers the same subsidies, so a young family like ours can benefit from the new policy.'